KEVIN CAMPBELL will return from an enforced three month break this weekend with his position as four-goal top scorer intact.

KEVIN CAMPBELL will return from an enforced three month break this weekend with his position as four-goal top scorer intact.

But the challengers breathing down his neck now includes a batch of defenders.

David Weir has already bettered his previous best with the Blues by scoring three times so far this season.

Alan Stubbs has contributed two spectacular strikes of his own, while Steve Watson's two goals this season were ironically added while he was operating in defence, not as a makeshift centre-forward.

Weir, who has inherited Campbell's captain's armband as well as his goalscorers' mantle, prefers to think that the increased output from the back is a sign of the collective responsibility embraced by the squad.

"With so many of our strikers having been injured it can place pressure on the defence not to concede, because one goal can see you lose all three points.

"But there's also responsibility in another sense," he explained "we should all try and contribute with goals of our own.

"It's not just down to the strikers to score, it's everyone's responsibility and we've been doing our best to chip in with our share!

"I've got three up to now, Alan's got a couple, so has Watto. We just need Gary Naysmith to do his bit!